Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-27

IeATloSS lQQlhu H8QI6r IN his Jay. he was
norm in Logan county, Va, at or before
ne birth of the present century. He re-
moved 70 Illinois when quite young and
We raised in Il "block house." and it
was there he learned the Inoian character
% we Il which enabled him to understand
their peculiar mode # warfare. In 1919
he removed to Nicogd ches, moved from
there to N4catosh and thence to point
IN Red River county where he stood
guard over the settlers for a number of
yesrs; was through the Mexican war as g
frontier scout AMI Indian 1lgater and en-
tered tie Confederate service in Marina
dukes Cavalry. He had voted against Sc
csssio8, DuC when the 49, came up he
Joined wish his Geigh5ors, and 81 Pleasant
U.il his horse fell and he was injured so
DC had to return home. His life
IS one series of adventures and
moving accident, and the writer's Of
fiction can not conceive of a character
WlOse exploits are more thrilling.
FINDING DEMONS GRAVE.
you spoke OF finding Deuton's grave, :"
said the reporter. "Please give me the
history # the search"
"!IowI came 10 look for Denson's bones
vas ta;s way: Denton was killed in 1871,
ami great msny people had looked for
MS grave, but nobody could fad it,
Major jarvis of Fort Worth 4 wish
could see him sent for me to come and
look for them, end l came to Fort
Worth. This was about thirty-eight
years after the buryirg, and I
l&a not been in the country since
came 10 Ne jor Jarvis house | stopped
81. ulght. | UOld him if he would furnish
. morse would go and lind the place, and
his wife liked me up some provisions TO
Gerry along. l went out from Fort y ortn
one morning and rode along the skirt OF
timber yOnder, Peter Smith going with
Ils. ! nadl't gone far uatil | struck the
lTaii ana could til! by the timber and the
hills aaat it was the same one | had rode
over tajrty-eight years before. l rode
along until reached the timbers where I
vented to 20, and alter going around |
met q fence gnd q cOrnield right On the
trail" And the Old man showed an in
dignant surprise al the dissertation COM
mitted by civilization on the once famous
"t-ail" that be had TUminated over, men
tsliy, for uearly half century. ayes.
sin; cornfield and o man named
Puliiem vas pulling corn. told him my
name and that | was coming to dig up
john DsntOn'5 bones. He asked ne il |
was al DentCn's baTying. l told aim yes
he asked me how many was there then
when he Ws5 buried. told him seven
and named every one of them. He laughed
and said THAI my name made even 500
who had been to see him who claimed to
have buried or helped to bury Denton.
lie made me have dinner. however, and
we Sc. out in the direction of the grsve.
We went up the forks of Fossil and Trim
ity aud around near Birdvi.le. There was
s ridge Of post oaks on knoll that run
this side Of the timber; The trail run right
over this knoll and, would you be-
liev4 IL" said ne, again manifest
ing MS disgust for the celebrating
methods Of modern times, "the trail was
so worn BY wagon wheels that ! could
hardly follow it?n
Il was amusing TO see with what feel
ir% Of profound reverence ha spoke Of
INC trail" To him it was r0s orim-
tive pathway worn out By hcrsemen or
perchGlc9 ny buffalo nerds. Il md
liked, definite. pGlplolc !mmuta5iilty. IL
was the first ana ought u remain. The
nils and skirts Of WOO IS, the huge bOui-
ders AM creek bottoms were there and
the "tTsin' used TO run thus and 60. The
aius, woods and rocks were still there
lust as he had seen them in '4l-just 81
ne had seen them through the eye Of
memory for forty years. There was no
change sake the obliteratiOn of the
"trsiI," mere and there, by wagon rosd CT
0y gu obstruction such as & wire fence for
corn field. He evidently could not bring
himself to believe that the t'trail" could
change any more than the mountains
II might be oblitereted by the vandalism
OF progress or the 0lasphemy of advancing
civilization, but those guilty were guilty
of sec e'ege, and should receive cJndigu
punishment. And who can blame the
old man? The Grail" unknown or il
significant though it be to US, was 10 MIN
a something that could not be taken sway
It vas part and parcel of the picture
upon which he had gazed for years; il was
: prominent feature Of the landscape over
which be had taken many mental eXCur-
siOns, and to change 1t in any way wes to
show him that his fsith of half e Century
was defective, and that which was old ,and
dear End treasured, had been rudely slat-
tered and cast aside
FINDING THE BONES.
"When We had reached q certain
point" continued Mr.. Stout, 81 sat
down and looked around. The place was
familiar 10 ne. The country was too
broken for farming, and it was left in it's
primevsl condition. ] did not lock long
until l pointed cut & leaning tree and
told my companion that there Denton
was buried. And so he was, though no
trace of a grave could be seen. I knew